Mule Watson

{{Short description|American baseball player (1896–1949)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|image=Mule Watson (1923 Giants).jpg

|name=Mule Watson

|position=Pitcher

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|1896|10|15}}

|birth_place=Arizona, Louisiana, U.S.

|death_date={{death date and age|1949|8|25|1896|10|15}}

|death_place=Shreveport, Louisiana, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=July 4

|debutyear=1918

|debutteam=Philadelphia Athletics

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=September 18

|finalyear=1924

|finalteam=New York Giants

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=50–53

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=4.03

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=208

|teams=

• Philadelphia Athletics (1918–1919)
• Boston Braves (1920–1923)
• Pittsburgh Pirates (1920)
• New York Giants (1923–1924)

}}

John Reaves "Mule" Watson (October 15, 1896 – August 25, 1949) was an American professional baseball player who was a pitcher in the Major Leagues from 1918 to 1924. He played for the Boston Braves, Philadelphia Athletics, Pittsburgh Pirates, and New York Giants. On the 12th and 13 August 1921, Watson became the last pitcher in Major League history to start both games of a doubleheader twice in the same season.{{cite web|last1=Preston|first1=JG|title=A thorough account of pitchers who have started both games of a doubleheader in the major leagues|url=https://prestonjg.wordpress.com/2009/09/12/a-thorough-account-of-pitchers-who-have-started-both-games-of-a-doubleheader-in-the-major-leagues|website=prestonjg.wordpress.com|date=September 13, 2009 |accessdate=30 January 2017}}